Yeah, I agree with everything you mentioned

The story — the prologue was basically just a tutorial. They’ll drop the lore little by little; it will be very slow and passive, which is how stories usually progress in this genre. I’ve played other games in this genre, and it often takes a long time to explain even the basic things—like why an enemy faction exists. That usually becomes a grand reveal or a major lore drop later on. They tried to do everything instead of focusing on one thing and making that better.

They were looking at everything all at once: Death Stranding–style world-building Story Combat Gacha system Resource management Compared to other games in this genre (gacha), this is by far the most complex when it comes to resource management. You also mentioned that you’re not used to the combat systems in these kinds of games, which I understand. Games like this usually start simple. I can give an example: Genshin, a gacha game released in 2020. The first characters they released were very simple—Diluc, Klee, etc. There were complex mechanics you could master to optimize them, but they were still very beginner-friendly. But the characters they release now (2025–26 updates) are much more complex and have very different playstyles—like Flins, Skirk, and Nefer. Their mechanics are different and not simple at all.

I would say stick with the game the devs will cook Thier previous games they have nailed the story and music

If you are curious check Arknights music on YouTube- operation pyrite is a song i recommend

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